Fruit slicer and corer.



A. H. POWELL.

FRUIT SLICER AND CORER.

APPLICATION FILED Aumzo. m1.

1,271,218. v Patented July 2,1918.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY mus PEYERS coqruum-urua. WASHINGTD'L n c.

ALFRED I-I. POWELL, OF AMERICAN FORK, UTAH.

rRUIrsLicER Ann GORER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, ALrREn--H.-PowELL, a citizen of the United States, residing-at American Fork, in the county ofUtah and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful "Improvements in Fruit Slicers and Corers, of which the following slicing knives v which are usable aloneor means than interlocking notches between which may be interlock ed with a circular coring knife, the'latter'being capableof at tachmen't to the slicing knives-without other said parts.

A further object of the invention 'is-toprovide a simple and eflicient means for holding the interlocked knives 1n operat ve pos tion 7 in connection with the handle of the device whereby the parts are rigidly and firmly held in place 'b'yfrictional contact thereof with said handle and all extraneous devices heretofore used hold the partsitogethereliminated.

lVith the'above as' tlie principal object in" view,.t he invention consists in the novel con-- st'ructlon, "COIllblllitillOli' and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in" theappended claimsand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

c Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete cutting device for slicingfruit without coring the same, i

Fig.2 is a horizontal-crosssectional view 'Fig. 3'is a similarview "on the line '33 of the same figure, and

Fig. 4 is a perspect ve view of the coring knife in position on the slicing knives. V

Fig. 5is a view of a slicing knife detached. In the draw1ngs,.1() and 11 lndicate two slicing blades preferably made ofthin sheet "I metalof arcuate shape edgewise, the convex edges of which blades are sharpened as shown to permit their ready passage through the fruit being sliced. The curvature of the blade is not very pronounced, being suflicient only'to permit the device being rocked Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented. July 2, 1918.

' hpplicationfiledhugust 20, 1917. SerialNo. 187,233. 1

after passing through the fruit to insure complete division of the fruit.

. The blades 10. and 11- are each provided withacentral notch, that on the blade 10 and indicated by 12 extending halfway through the blade from the upper edge thereof while the blade 11 has .its central notch 13 extending upwardly from the bottom or cutting edge half the width of the. blade. -As thus constructed, these blades may be quickly and easily assembled by en gaglng the'notches 12 and 18" therein, the

blades as will be seen crosseach other cen-. trally and at right angles, as indicatedin Fig. 2.

' ach blade10 and 11 is mounted on the lower end of a support as represented by 14 and 15, each supportbeing made of stout,

wire bent centrally upon itself to form a duplex straight stem 16,- the two parts of which extend in parallel relation a short dis tance apart for a suitable'distance and then' d verge sharply asthey-continue in a downward direction as at 17, being again bent at 18 and then continuing in straight but less divergent lines to the ends of the blade 10.

The ends 19 of the support 14 are preferably flattened and then connected to the blade 10 by rivets 20.

the ends of 'The support 15 is constructed in a manner similar to thefsupportl t and is cone 'nected to the ends of the blade 11 by; rivets 21. The atmea of the 'supportl-i.litsbe tween the two portions of the stem 16, the

twostems thus assembled fittingwithin a longitudinal bore 23' in'a handle 24 which is liere shown as provided with an. enlarged knobshaped hand grip 25.11 'lhe lowerend of the handle 24 is protected by a cup-shaped ferrule 26 througlrthe under side of which acruciform opening 27 for the passage therethrough into the handle of the stems 16 and '22. The supports 14: and 15 a ea... cured to the handle by outwardly bowing one of the members of the duplex stem 16 which' th-ough described as being parallel are. only substantially so, a suflicient bowing being given one or both of the portions 16 to cause them to hold the stems within said.

bore and the two stems tightly clamped. to-.

. Constructed as described,-th e device forms a complete fruit slicer and after use as such, may be disassembled by withdrawing the handle from the stems of thesupports and, after separating them by a lateral movement,

course the reverse of that described.

When it is desired to core fruit aswell as slice the same, a coring knife 28 is connected 3 to the blades 10' and 11 at the intersection thereof, said knife comprising a circular band of a proper diameter and a height equal to that of the blades 10 and 11 sharpened onthe bottom similar to the blades. Two slots 29 are formed in the coring knife diametrically opposite each other and extending from the bottom of the knife upwardly for one-half the height thereof and engage with and interlock with like slots 30 in the blade 10 which extend downwardly from the top of said blade on opposite sides and equally spaced from the slot 12. lVhen the coring knife 28 is interlocked with the blades 10, its lower sharpened edge will extend downwardly in line with, the cutting .edge of the blade 10 and will be held in place by the'blade 11 which has notches 31 extending upwardly from the bottom that engage and interlock with opposite notches 32 extending downwardly from the-top of the coring knife. By this meansfthe coring knife is held in place securely and yet easily removable by disassembling the two blades 10 and 11in the manner above described and thus the use of screws, pins or other means 1 for fas-teningthe same is not required.

From the disclosure thus made, it is evident that a device constructed in the manner set forth will be firm and strong in use and being of few parts readily disconnected, and can 'be easily and thoroughly cleaned. A small amount of material is required in the construction and the device can be made at small eost.- The notches 30 and 31 in the blade may be placed nearer to or farther from the intersection of said blade to permit I the use of smaller or larger coring knives, or

blades so that the device can be readily converted into ainincing knife.

What is claimed is: I

1. A device of the character described comprising a pair'of intersecting blades having notches on opposite edges to interlock said blades, anannular knife having notches on opposite edges so disposed as to engage coiiperating notches in the intersecting blades for holding the annular knife in place on said blade, a two-part support for the knives, each part being connected to the outer ends of one of said blades and extend-. ing upwardly therefrom, a duplex stern formed'on the upper end of each support part, one or more of said stem parts being bowed outwardly, and a handle having a central bore adapted to fit over said stems, and frictionally engage therewith for securing all of said parts together.

2. A device of. the character described comprising a pair of blades intersecting each other at rightangles and having notches in opposite edges to interlock said blades together in operative relation, an annular knife having notches in its opposite edges adapted to engage and interlock cooperating notches insaid blades for holding said annular knife in concentric relation with the crossing of said blades, a two part support each part connected to the ends of one of said blades and converging upwardly therefrom, a stem formed on the upper end, of I each of said: support parts, said stems adapted to nterengage one with the other, and a handle having a longitudinal bore adapted to frictionally engage said stems to secure being held'concentric to the crossing of said blade by said notches, a support connected to each of said blades having a stem on its upper end, said stems interengaging one with the other, and a handle havinga longitudinal bore adapted to frictionally engage said stems to secure all of said parts in operative position and when removed to permit separation of the blades and the annular knife.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. V ALFRED H. POWELL.

Witnesses;

JAMES CHIPMAN, J r., V v BENJ. Barns.

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